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WorksheetsCivil War Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which statement about the Union is FALSE
The Union consisted of northern states
The Union did not secede from the United States
The Union was looking to abolish slavery
none of the statements are false
Which of the following statements about the Confederate states is FALSE
Consisted of southern states
Favored slavery
Included states such as Delaware and New York
Seceded from the United States
Border States, such as Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia, and Kentucky, were states that
allowed slavery but did not secede from the United States
allowed slavery and seceded from the United States
did not allow slavery and did not secede from the United States
did not allow slavery but seceded from the United States
To secede means to...
Join
Break away
Co-operate
Form an alliance
The trading of enslaved people among the states of the United States
Slave codes
Domestic Slave Trade
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade
In response to slave revolts, southern states passed ______, which were laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people.
Prejudice
States' rights
Slave codes
Emancipation Proclamation
Define SECTIONALISM:
Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas (example: North vs. South)
a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
person who is running away from legal authority
the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
A slave looking to find freedom in the north would look to travel along this:
The Underground Railroad
The Domestic Slave Trade
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Erie Canal
Slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad were considered _______, because they were running away from legal authority.
Confederates
fugitives
abolitionists
northerners
What is the difference between PREJUDICE and DISCRIMINATION?
Prejudice is an unfair OPINION not based on facts; discrimination is unfair TREATMENT of a group.
Discrimination is an unfair OPINION not based on facts; prejudice is unfair TREATMENT of a group.
The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government
States' rights
Sectionalism
Slave codes
Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War produced more _____, or soldiers who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle, than any other war in American history.
casualties
fugitives
slave codes
abolitionists
The Emancipation Proclamation ____
formally declared war against the South
freed all slaves living in the Confederate States.
officially ended the Civil War
granted voting rights to African-Americans.
The Union strategy was to bring war to the entire southern society, not just the military. This is called ____.
Total war
Anaconda Plan
Seek and Destroy
Search and Rescue
Abolitionists are those who ___.
who sought the end of slavery in the United States during the early and mid-1800s
seceded from the Union.
escaped along the Underground Railroad.
fought for the Confederacy.
